<em>Portrait of an Emir</em>, 1855. Oil on canvas, 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 73.145 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.145_SL1.jpg)

Portrait of an Emir, 1855. Oil on canvas, 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 73.145 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.145_SL1.jpg)

Portrait of an Emir, 1855. Oil on canvas, 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 73.145 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.145_detail3_SL4.jpg)

Portrait of an Emir, 1855. Oil on canvas, 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 73.145 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.145_detail2_SL4.jpg)

Portrait of an Emir, 1855. Oil on canvas, 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 73.145 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.145_cropped_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Portrait of an Emir, 1855. Oil on canvas, 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 73.145 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.73.145_1975_xrs_detail01.jpg)

Portrait of an Emir, 1855. Oil on canvas, 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 73.145 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.73.145_1975_xrs_detail02.jpg)

Portrait of an Emir, 1855. Oil on canvas, 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 73.145 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.73.145_1975_xrs_detail03.jpg)

Portrait of an Emir, 1855. Oil on canvas, 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 73.145 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.73.145_1975_xrs_detail04.jpg)

Portrait of an Emir, 1855. Oil on canvas, 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 73.145 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.73.145_1975_xrs_detail05.jpg)

Portrait of an Emir, 1855. Oil on canvas, 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 73.145 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.73.145_1975_xrs_detail06.jpg)

Portrait of an Emir, 1855. Oil on canvas, 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 73.145 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.73.145_1975_xrs_detail07.jpg)

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Portrait of an Emir

Arts of the Islamic World

On View: Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor

MEDIUM Oil on canvas

Place Made: Iran

DATES 1855

DYNASTY Qajar

PERIOD Qajar Period

DIMENSIONS 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm) (show scale)

INSCRIPTIONS Artist: بنده شاه جهان افراسیاب Portrait:مرحوم امیرقاسم خان

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Islamic World

ACCESSION NUMBER 73.145

CREDIT LINE Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson

PROVENANCE Prior to 1973, provenance not yet documented; by 1973, acquired by Charles K. Wilkinson and Irma Bezold Wilkinson (Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson) of New York, NY; December 11, 1973, gift of Charles K. Wilkinson and Irma Bezold Wilkinson to the Brooklyn Museum.

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CAPTION Portrait of an Emir, 1855. Oil on canvas, 59 x 37 in. (149.9 x 94 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 73.145 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.145_SL1.jpg)

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